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Mapping Digital Media: Lebanon
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 99 pp.
"Thanks to digital media, Lebanon’s residents have access to a variety of news platforms, from 24-hour cable channels to internet sites and text message services. Despite easy access to Al Jazeera, Al Arabiya, CNN, BBC, and others through subscriptions to pirated cable bundles or satellite receive
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Mapping Digital Media: Digital Media, Conflict and Diasporas in the Horn of Africa
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 23 pp.
"The Horn of Africa is one of the least connected regions in the world. Nevertheless, digital media play an important social and political role in Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia (including South-Central Somalia and the northern self-declared independent Republic of Somaliland). This paper shows how
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Mapping Digital Media: Peru
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 94 pp.
"As with other countries in the region, Peru shows high levels of media concentration. Digitization has not yet aff ected the dominant positions in the Peruvian mass media market. On the contrary, the largest media groups’ hegemonic position has grown stronger. For example, the influence of Grupo
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Mapping Digital Media: Nigeria
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 94 pp.
"Only 40 percent of Nigerians had access to a television in 2008 according to the International Telecommunication Union, and radio is still the dominant medium, reaching three-quarters of households. Both commercial and state broadcasters favor urban audiences and those in the south of the country.
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Mapping Digital Media: Chile
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 127 pp.
"Overall, digitization has only partly impacted on the media landscape in Chile. It has neither altered the neoliberal trajectory of media policy, nor reduced high levels of ownership concentration and incumbent advantages. But there is, at the very least, a framework in place that will potentially
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Mapping Digital Media: News and New Media in Central Africa. Challenges and Opportunities
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 65 pp.
"In this report, Marie-Soleil Frère surveys the news landscapes of DRC, Burundi, and Rwanda. Marshaling an impressive range of data, she examines patterns of production and consumption, the often grim realities of law and regulation, the embryonic state of media policy, the role of donors, and the
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Mapping Digital Media: Croatia
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 100 pp.
"Croatia is well ahead of the curve. Experimental broadcasting via digital signals began in 2002 and the last analog television signals were switched off in September 2011. The country has the highest free-to-air digital terrestrial coverage in Europe, exceeding 99 percent of national territory, and
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Mapping Digital Media: South Africa
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 120 pp.
"Developments in digital media in South Africa are densely intertwined with political factors. The Government has sought to be the driver of digitization, but it has also caused repeated delays in digital roll-out. In addition, the Government has had contradictory interests such as promoting competi
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Mapping Digital Media: India
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 155 pp.
"The United Nations pointed out in 2010 that more Indians have access to a mobile phone than to a toilet. There are over 800 million mobile connections, although the number of unique users (excluding inactive connections) is estimated at around 600 million. Together with the fact that 60 percent of
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Mapping Digital Media: Georgia
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 101 pp.
"This report finds that the momentous change in ownership transparency regulation and the dynamic and free online environment are the most notable success stories since 2005. Yet these achievements are overshadowed by the lack of independence of the broadcasting regulator and the public broadcaster,
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Mapping Digital Media: Argentina
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 100 pp.
Mapping Digital Media: Turkey
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 81 pp.
The Media and Liability for Content on the Internet
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2011), 23 pp.
"Speakers may be liable for content online in many of the same ways as offline, but additional rules often exist. Many countries are enacting internet-specific speech laws, often imposing enhanced liability for online expression. In addition, some governments are extending broadcast-type regulations
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Mapping Digital Media: Romania
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2011), 90 pp.
Mapping Digital Media: Thailand
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2011), 80 pp.
Mapping Digital Media: Serbia
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2011), 90 pp.
"Serbia has a strategy for switching over from analog to digital broadcasting, prepared with broad public consultation. The basic legal framework is in place, but implementation is not yet underway. Moreover, if fair access to digital licenses is to be ensured, a new media law—harmonized with the
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Mapping Digital Media: Latvia
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2011), 99 pp.
Mapping Digital Media: Moldova
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2011), 117 pp.
"In Moldova, the combination of digitization and political change has increased the diversity of media outlets and their news, the plurality of opinions, and the transparency of public institutions, while it has diminished political interference in the media. Yet the lack of independence of regulato
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Mapping Digital Media: Lithuania
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2011), 88 pp.
"The explosion of digital media and their impact on journalism and democracy in Lithuania coincided with the country's second decade of independence and with the economic crisis of 2009-2010. With the rapid growth of internet penetration, websites dedicated to news appeared and traditional media wen
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